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This case study outlines the threat posed by retention centers to the neoliberal agenda in education. Explore the history of public education downsizing, pro-business movements like Proposition 13, individualized education models, aptitude testing, and the rhetoric of the U.S. Department of Education. Learn how social capital, outreach programs, and activism are reshaping success and countering privatization. Discover how retention centers and student organizations create a counterbalance to privatization by fostering organizing, redefining success, and resisting the privatization of public services.
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Help Us Graduate: The Social Capital of Retention Centers and the Threat it Poses to the Neoliberal Agenda
Outline • History of the downsizing of public education • Pro-business movement • Proposition 13 • The institutionalization of the individualized model of education • Rhetoric of the U.S. Department of Education • Aptitude testing • Social capital • Resources, outreach programs • Dismantling individualized model
Social Capital • Activism • Redefining success • Countering privatization
Conclusion • Retention Centers and student organizations create social capital within institutions of higher education which poses a threat to the neoliberal agenda because it creates a space for organizing, redefining success, and producing a counter action to the privatization of public services.
